| ▲ | JumpCrisscross 14 hours ago |
| The product page [1] is the most vaporware-y that I’ve seen in a while. That said, they’re emphasising speed. (“Instant.”) That seems to preclude using a major, public blockchain. (On the other hand, they don’t talk up privacy.) [1] https://netdollar.cloudflare.com/ |
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| ▲ | wmf 14 hours ago | parent [-] |
| If you define instant as less than half a second then Solana, Avalanche, and various L2s are instant. |
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| ▲ | JumpCrisscross 14 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | > If you define instant as less than half a second then Solana, Avalanche, and various L2s are instant I suppose. I don’t see why Cloudflare would want to give up that sort of control. The advantage they bring to the table is they’re a trusted brand per se. | | |
| ▲ | wmf 14 hours ago | parent [-] | | Since most existing blockchains are open source they can just create their own Flarechain™ based on existing code. This would give them de facto control but also the appearance of decentralization at the same time. My point is that it's technologically possible. | | |
| ▲ | JumpCrisscross 14 hours ago | parent [-] | | > My point is that it's technologically possible Oh totally, that’s why I qualified blockchain with major and public. |
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| ▲ | Yizahi 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | L2 are by design a centralized crutch to "fix" slow L1. They usually work like "oh, let's do all transactions virtually on a side, managed by some centralized pseudo-bank, and then only write sum total on L1". Lightning works like that, likely others too. I don't understand how tokenbros ignore this issue, a least people who claim that tokens are currency replacement. |
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